Related Posts Code Problem

[jaxy]

I've been to Nick's website (http://designsbynickthegeek.com/tutorials/related-posts-genesis) and tried following his tutorial to add related posts/images after the post to my Magazine theme. Iv'e run into problems though.

I have added

 

add_image_size( 'related', 90, 70, true );

 

into the function.php file, and added CSS code to style.css. The problem I have is though with the long piece of code.

I'm not 100% sure now if it should go to functions.php file or into the Simple Hooks plugin - genesis_after_post_content box.

Just to make sure I have the right code here it is:

<span>add_action( 'genesis_after_post_content', 'child_related_posts' );
/**
* Outputs related posts with thumbnail
*
* @author Nick the Geek
* @url <a class="linkclass" href="http://designsbynickthegeek.com/tutorials/related-posts-genesis">http://designsbynickthegeek.com/tutorials/related-posts-genesis</a&gt;
* @global object $post
*/
function child_related_posts() {

if ( is_single ( ) ) {

global $post;

$count = 0;
$postIDs = array( $post->ID );
$related = '';
$tags = wp_get_post_tags( $post->ID );
$cats = wp_get_post_categories( $post->ID );

if ( $tags ) {

foreach ( $tags as $tag ) {

$tagID[] = $tag->term_id;

}

$args = array(
'tag__in' => $tagID,
'post__not_in' => $postIDs,
'showposts' => 5,
'ignore_sticky_posts' => 1,
'tax_query' => array(
array(
'taxonomy' => 'post_format',
'field' => 'slug',
'terms' => array(
'post-format-link',
'post-format-status',
'post-format-aside',
'post-format-quote'
),
'operator' => 'NOT IN'
)
)
);

$tag_query = new WP_Query( $args );

if ( $tag_query->have_posts() ) {

while ( $tag_query->have_posts() ) {

$tag_query->the_post();

$img = genesis_get_image() ? genesis_get_image( array( 'size' => 'related' ) ) : '<img src="' . get_bloginfo( 'stylesheet_directory' ) . '/images/related.png" alt="' . get_the_title() . '" />';

$related .= '<li><a href="' . get_permalink() . '" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to' . get_the_title() . '">' . $img . get_the_title() . '</a></li>';

$postIDs[] = $post->ID;

$count++;
}
}
}

if ( $count <= 4 ) {

$catIDs = array( );

foreach ( $cats as $cat ) {

if ( 3 == $cat )
continue;
$catIDs[] = $cat;

}

$showposts = 5 - $count;

$args = array(
'category__in' => $catIDs,
'post__not_in' => $postIDs,
'showposts' => $showposts,
'ignore_sticky_posts' => 1,
'orderby' => 'rand',
'tax_query' => array(
array(
'taxonomy' => 'post_format',
'field' => 'slug',
'terms' => array(
'post-format-link',
'post-format-status',
'post-format-aside',
'post-format-quote' ),
'operator' => 'NOT IN'
)
)
);

$cat_query = new WP_Query( $args );

if ( $cat_query->have_posts() ) {

while ( $cat_query->have_posts() ) {

$cat_query->the_post();

$img = genesis_get_image() ? genesis_get_image( array( 'size' => 'related' ) ) : '<img src="' . get_bloginfo( 'stylesheet_directory' ) . '/images/related.png" alt="' . get_the_title() . '" />';

$related .= '<li><a href="' . get_permalink() . '" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to' . get_the_title() . '">' . $img . get_the_title() . '</a></li>';
}
}
}

if ( $related ) {

printf( '<div class="related-posts"><h3 class="related-title">Related Posts</h3><ul class="related-list">%s</ul></div>', $related );

}

wp_reset_query();

}
}
</span>

 

When I add it to the functions.php file the whole theme crashes and I get an error that there's a syntax error on line where the code starts:

 

add_action( 'genesis_after_post_content', 'child_related_posts' );

 

The only way to get into the theme is to go through FTP and remove the whole code.

Secondly, I tried adding the long code into Simple Edits box. What happens then is that when I open the post all of the code is after the post. So it's the code and not the images with related posts.

I have removed the long code at the moment. So if you could check or know what the problem is advice would be very much appreciated.

Thanks a lot.

[sahdow]

Go back to nicks site and copy the clean code again, make certain you copy the entire block and aren't cutting anything off. Also make certain when pasting into functions you aren't breaking any existing elements.

Paste into notepad or simple text to ensure your code is clean

[jaxy]

I've done it several times now, also pasted it straight into DreamWeaver what is also showing there's a syntax error on the 1st and also on the last line.

As a side note, DW only shows there's an error when I take the existing functions.php code and add Nick's code to the end of it. If I had Nick's code on it's own it's fine.

And I've made sure I'm pasting it at the very end of the functions.php file.

 

[SoZo]

It goes in functions.php but you don't need the span tags

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[jaxy]

Thanks, that worked. Easy if you know 🙂

[Rednasil]

Thanks for this one, helped me a lot.

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